Are you know Hepatites B Virus?

What is Hepatities Vitus?
 

        Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It is a major global health problem. It can cause chronic infection and puts people at high risk of death from cirrhosis and liver cancer.

          A safe and effective vaccine that offers a 98-100% protection against Hepatitis B is available. Preventing Hepatitis B infection averts the development of complications including the development of chronic disease and liver cancer.

How to Causes Hepatitis B?

   It’s caused by the hepatitis B virus.

More Causes :

• Sex. You can get it if you have unprotected sex with someone who has it and your partner’s blood, saliva, semen, or vaginal secretions enter your body.
• Sharing needles. The virus spreads easily via needles and syringes contaminated with infected blood.
• Accidental needle sticks. Health care workers and anyone else who comes in contact with human blood can get it this way.
• Mother to child. Pregnant women with hepatitis B can pass it to their babies during childbirth. But there’s a vaccine to prevent newborns from becoming infected. 

            

What Are the Symptoms of Hepatitis B?

• Your skin or the whites of the eyes turn yellow, and your pee turns brown or orange.)
• Light-colored poop
• Fever
• Fatigue that persists for weeks or months
• Stomach trouble like loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting
• Belly pain

 

Hepatitis B Diagnosed:

      Hepatitis B surface antigen and antibody (HBsAg).  Hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs).

        If your disease becomes chronic, your doctor might take a tissue sample from your liver, called a biopsy. This will tell him how severe your case is.  

How Do You Prevent Hepatitis B From Spreading?

    To help keep a hepatitis B infection from spreading:

• Get vaccinated (if you haven’t already been infected).
• Use condoms every time you have sex.
• Wear gloves when you clean up after others, especially if you have to touch bandages, tampons, and linens.
• Cover all open cuts or wounds.
• Don’t share razors, toothbrushes, nail care tools, or pierced earrings with anyone.
• Don’t share chewing gum, and don’t pre-chew food for a baby.
• Make certain that any needles for drugs, ear piercing, or tattoos -- or tools for manicures and pedicures -- are properly sterilized.
• Clean up blood with one part household bleach and 10 parts water.

 If you want to avoid the incidence of hepatitis B virus, try to get hepatitis B test vaccine as soon as possible. Determine if your child has received the vaccine.